It was created on 1935 by Law no. 912. On June 28, 2000, by Law no. 41-00, the institution was transferred to the newly created Secretary of State of Culture.[1] Years later, on 2008, the Archive was given autonomy and became an agency of its own right, by Law no. 481-08.[2]
From its website, you can access a series of publications and digitized documents.
Among its departments, it has a library, a newspaper archive, a photograph archive, a conservation department, an investigation department, among others.